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Of Co Operation and friendship� between britain and ireland with london looking to continue a � reset� of damaged relations with European Union nations after brexit. The Prime Minister met with Simon Harris, who was only elected taioseach in april just three months before his british counterpart so both are relatviely new to their roles. Sir keir and Mr Harris swapped Football Shirts ahead of their talks, before attending the Nations League Match between the Republic Of Ireland and england in a few hours� time at the Aviva Stadium In Dublin. The two leaders are currently holding their Face To face talks, but before they moved away from the gathered journalists, they spoke to the media. Today we are here In Dublin to probably try to flesh out what a reset actually looks like, and what it looks like in a practical sense for our citizens on both islands, and i certainly know that it has to be embedded in things like peace, prosperity, mutual respect and friendship, and i am really looking forward to having an opportunity to discuss that with you today. I know also our most solemn duty as leaders of our respective governments is our distinct roles as co guarantors of the peace process, something we both take extremely seriously, and there is much work to be done there to really harness the full potential of the gift that was given to us by the last generation, the most incredible gift of the Peace Agreement as well, and i look forward to seeing how we can work together on that. I am still only eight, going on nine weeks into office and i think for us to be having our second meeting at this level in those few weeks shows a real intention on both our parts to reset this relationship. Renew this relationship, deepen it, and that will be of great benefits to ireland and great benefit to the united kingdom, so thank you very much for finding the time and hosting me with such a welcome here today. Our correspondent In Dublin, sara girvin, gave us her thoughts on what the two men will hope to achieve with their talks. This is a really full and busy day of engagements that has just begun. As you say, Sir Keir starmer has just arrived within the past few moments. He has gone inside now with his irish counterpart, the taoiseach, Simon Harris, and we do know they are going to meet Business Leaders inside Farmleigh House In Dublin here today. So, that gives us an indication that trade between britain and ireland is pretty high up the agenda when these two leaders are talking today. We� re also told that they are going to be talking about international matters, such as what is happening in gaza and ukraine. Now, we know relations haven� t been, possibly, in a good place. I heard you say there that Sir Keir starmer is the first british Prime Minister to visit the Republic Of Ireland in the last five years, and i think that gives you a real indication of where those relations have been at. There were really difficult conversations, there were fallouts over the Outworkings Of Brexit and then how the legacy of northern ireland� s troubles should be dealt with, so they might be matters that are discussed today. But then the busy day ends on quite a light note, because both leaders will be attending the Aviva Stadium In Dublin to watch a Football Match between the Republic Of Ireland and england. And that is pretty symbolic, given all those years of bad relations. We expect to see the two leaders sitting Side By side, watching that match. No matter what the score is, as you said, we� ve already seen handshakes, we� ve seen smiles, we expect to hear a lot of warm words today. We know that, of course, Sir Keir starmer has been visiting leaders across europe, but he is really looking, he says, to reset the relationship with the taoiseach here in the Republic Of Ireland, and both governments really, really at pains in their communication and the Press Releases we� ve heard today ahead of today� s visit to drive home that message that that Relationship Reset is off to a good start and that they want the relationship between britain and the Republic Of Ireland to grow stronger, and that is important to both countries, they say. Boeing� s Starliner Spacecraft has returned to earth from the international Space Station but without the astronauts who were meant to be on board. The capsule suffered technical problems after it launched, making it too risky for the pair to return until next year. Instead of spending eight days in space, they� ll now end up spending eight months our science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story. Mission Control Starliner is now backing away from station and starting its return to earth. Boeing� s Starliner Capsule on its way home, beginning its six Hour Voyage with a blast of its engines. And you� re seeing the Light Show there on your screen. But the spacecraft is empty, without the astronauts it was supposed to carry. Nasa� s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will now stay on the international Space Station. Technical problems with starliner meant nasa said it wasn� t safe enough to take the pair home. Suni williams spoke to Mission Control as the spacecraft she nicknamed calypso departed. It is time to bring calypso home. We have your backs and youve got this. Bring her back to earth. Good luck. Picking up starliner now from its lower altitude, about 6,000 feet above. In the Night Sky of new mexico, a first glimpse of the capsule. Three good parachutes. Looking great. Its descent is slowed as it closes in. Touchdown. Starliner is back on earth. The landing� s a success, but it� s a bittersweet moment for the mission team. From a human perspective, All Of Us feel happy about the successful landing. But then theres a piece of us, All Of Us, that we wish it would have been the way we had planned it. We had planned to have the Mission Land with. Butch and suni on board. The astronauts are to remain in space until february next year, their eight Day Mission extended to eight months. But nasa says they� re in good spirits, settling into life on the Space Station and taking in its spectacular views. Rebecca morrell, bbc news. To the Middle East now, and the united nations has called for a full investigation into the death of an American Turkish Dual Citizen in the occupied West Bank on friday. The spokesman for the Un Secretary General reiterated that civilians must be protected at all times. Eyewitnesses and palestinian officials say israeli soldiers shot 26 year old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the head as she took part in a weekly protest against the Expansion Ofjewish Settlements in the town of beita near nablus. The dual national was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Let� s speak to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Tell us more about this incident. Tell us more about this incident. A tell us more about this incident. ~ ,. , incident. As you say, it was a weekly protest incident. As you say, it was a weekly protest against incident. As you say, it was a weekly protest against an weekly protest against an illegal settlement where there had been these protests for a long time against the settlement that has been made by some israelis in an area that even the usually government says is an illegal outpost. It is quite regular price for people to demonstrate and protest. Anyway, this Young American Woman, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, literallyjust graduated from Washington University in seattle, recently arrived in the West Bank, taking part in this protest. During that protest, it reached the stage where the israeli forces fired what eyewitnesses say were two shots, one of those shots hit Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the head and she was taken to hospital where she later died. The idf say they are reviewing this incident, says shots were fired against what they called a man who was instigating violence by throwing rocks. The organisation which is run this protest denied that it was violent in any way and said that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was 200 metres away from the soldiers when this happened. Either way, there will be different accounts of what happened, but clearly a Young American Woman of turkish origins has died as a result of this incident. Like ou a result of this incident. Like you said. A result of this incident. Like you said. She a result of this incident. Like you said, she is a result of this incident. Like you said, she is a a result of this incident. Like you said, she is a dual you said, she is a dual national, what comments have washington made on this incident . Washington made on this incident . �. ,. , washington made on this incident . � ,. , incident . The americans are so far have said incident . The americans are so far have said they incident . The americans are so far have said they think incident . The americans are so far have said they think it incident . The americans are so far have said they think it is far have said they think it is a deeply disturbing killing, Thatis A deeply disturbing killing, that is the message from the white house. They have said they have asked the israelis to investigate, the united nations have called for a full investigation and the family have asked, they say an israeli investigation would not be adequate, to use their language, they have asked President Biden to order a full independent investigation to try to get to the bottom of precisely what happened. People die very frequently in the West Bank as a result of shootings between clashes between both sides. Sometimes there are investigations, sometimes not, it is often very hard to get to the bottom of precisely what happened. The problem here is that any kind of so called independent investigation is going to have to rely on the acquiescence of the israeli authorities, that is not always forthcoming. Authorities, that is not always forthcoming authorities, that is not always forthcoming. There has been a significant forthcoming. There has been a significant amount forthcoming. There has been a significant amount of forthcoming. There has been a significant amount of increase | significant amount of increase in violence in the West Bank, james, talk us through the latest. ~ , ~ , james, talk us through the latest. ~ , ~ latest. The West Bank is an incredibly latest. The West Bank is an incredibly violent latest. The West Bank is an incredibly violent place latest. The West Bank is an incredibly violent Place And J incredibly violent place and has been ever since the attack of hamas last year. Much violence involving clashes between israeli settlers and palestinians, crashes that are quite often ignored, abetted by israeli forces in the West Bank. It is a source of huge concern amongst diplomats that they West Bank bow and spirals out of control, triggers another uprising, some doppler mats talk about another front in a war which began on 7th Of October but has long since spread outside of gaza. Some diplomats. That is the fear, thatis diplomats. That is the fear, that is why the uk, the us and others keep putting sections on israeli settlers they believe are conducting illegal operations and putting pressure on the usually government to do more to restrain the settlers. Who do not have the full support in any way of israeli society but at the moment they surely Government Led by Benjamin Netanyahu depends on their support and that is why violence like this continues in the West Bank. Violence like this continues in the West Bank. Thank you, james landale. The most powerful storm in asia this year, super typhoon yagi, has hit Northern Vietnam after killing at least three people in china and injuring nearly 100 others. Roads and airports have been closed, and residents have been told to stay at home. Local media has reported that three people have died on the chinese island of hainan. Another three people are also reported to have died in vietnam. Yagi made Land Fall in northern vitenam, bringing wind speeds of at least 150 kilometres per hour. State media says it uprooted thousands of trees, swept ships and boats out to sea and left thousands without power. Meanwhile in china, President Xi has asked for Disaster Relief forces to be sent to the worst affected region which include the popular Tourist Island of hainan and china� s most populous province of guangdong. Earlier i spoke to Martin Yip from bbc chinese service who� s in hong kong. He told me how the storm has affected china. This is already the third landfall of this super typhoon and for china, the Southern China regions of guangdong, Quang Ninh and hainan island, they are definitely not Out Of The Woods yet, so on top of the three people killed, there� s also nearly 100 people injured across these three regions. According to officials, 1. 2 million people have been affected in different levels. We have seen pictures all over Social Media of trees being blown away, blocking major thoroughfares and streets and all that, as well as windows being torn apart in seconds. 0ur Colleagues in beijing have actually managed to speak to one of them who saw windows from his balcony being torn off in no time and he also told us that he has lost hundreds of thousands of chinese yuan, that would be around Tens Of Thousands of us dollars, in his banana plantation, which has been pretty much flattened. So you can imagine what kind of economic impact this typhoon has brought to the region. Hainan island is an important area for tropical fruits and plantation. It� s a very popular tourist spot, if you don� t want to go out of china, and enjoy the kind of Sunshine And Beach in southeast asia, that is the place you go to, so there� s a lot for hainan to review, although the least worst thing so far is probably just three died, still a significant blow to the place but only three died at the moment. Now it� s time for a look at today� s sport with gavin. Let� s start with the football to come later, and the uefa Nations League Matches. Plenty of sides back in action for the first time since the euros. The republic of Ireland Host england, under interim Boss Lee Carsley who played for Ireland A0 times in his career. He says he won� T Sing Either National Anthem tonight, because He Alwaysjust likes to focus on the game ahead. Two england players declan Rice And Jack grealish also played for ireland earlier in their careers. So, what sort of reception does the currently england boss think they� ll get In Dublin . We spoke about the atmosphere, we expect it to be exciting, passionate, loud, but it will be no different to what the players are used to in Premier League games or high level games. If the reception we had off the kids outside of anything to go by, it will be very positive. The Build Up to the women� s singles final at the Us Open is under way, where later on saturday, jessica pegula, the home favourite, will take on the number two seed aryna sabalenka, to decide the winner of the final Grand Slam of the year. Sabalenka will be looking to avenge defeat in last year� s final, while pegula� s after revenge, for her loss to sabalenka in the Cincinnati 0pen last month. Australia is of course my favourite but the one i most want to win obviously is the Us Open, i like to spend time off the court in New York, i like to play in front of such a beautiful crowd. Even though sometimes they are against me but i know deep inside they support me i love New York and i hope that one day i will be able to hold that beautiful trophy. Able to hold that beautiful troh. , , able to hold that beautiful troh. Trophy. Hopefully some revenge, i could do better, trophy. Hopefully some revenge, i could do better, she trophy. Hopefully some revenge, i could do better, she will i could do better, she will play i could do better, she will play worse. Her winning that tournament, she became a favourite tournament, she became a favourite here very quickly, so good favourite here very quickly, so good on favourite here very quickly, so good on the hard courts, amazing, consistent results here amazing, consistent results here at amazing, consistent results here at the Us Open. I know she wants here at the Us Open. I know she wants this here at the Us Open. I know she wants this title especially after wants this title especially after last year but i will definitely try to take what i have definitely try to take what i have learned from that final and have learned from that final and use have learned from that final and use that to the best of my ability it� s the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games in paris, with 75 Gold Medals up for grabs, and already great britain have struck gold. Finlay graham, has won paralympics gb� s, 43rd Gold Medal of the games, in the men� s c1 3 road race. Graham beat france� s, Thomas Peyro ton dartet, by less than a second, overtaking him on the home straight, and improving the silver he won in the event at tokyo 2020. After dominating day one, england had their stand in Captain 0llie Pope to thank. But their opponents Sri Lanka have been fighting back on day two of the third test at the oval. England put 325 runs on the board before being dismissed. Pope went on to make 154 before lunch. But the wickets tumbled in the first session on saturday, harry brook, and Gus Atkinson among the names to go cheaply. Sri lanka are 27 withouth loss in their response. England have an unassailable 2 0 series lead. The nfl� s first ever match in brazil saw the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers 34 29. Saquon barkley scored three touchdowns on his debut for the eagles, after leaving their division rivals, the New York giants, in the off season. What� s more, the defeated packers, lost their quarterback jordan love, who went off, with an Ankle Injury late on. The lead changed seven times in sao paolo, with philadelphia ulitmately coming out on top. Iam the i am the first person ever to score in south america, that is Cool Score in south america, that is cool, i have to try to get that gamble. That is something i would put my house. The atmosphere, man, it was electric. Atmosphere, man, it was electric atmosphere, man, it was electric. ~ �. ,. ,. , electric. Weve got to learn from this. Electric. Weve got to learn from this, watching electric. Weve got to learn from this, watching the electric. Weve got to learn i from this, watching the tape, im from this, watching the tape, im not from this, watching the tape, im not taking anything away from im not taking anything away from philly, they battled and played from philly, they battled and played the game, but i think there played the game, but i think there were a lot of opportunities we did not capitalise on and when you dont capitalise on and when you dont do capitalise on and when you dont do that you get beat. True dont do that you get beat. True indeed. That is all this but for now. And that� s all the sport for now. To paris, the latest protest scenes from the french capital. Protesters here have gathered to voice their concerns and anger against president Emmanuel Macron and his decision to appoint the former brexit negotiator, 73 year old michel barnier, conservative, a lot of anger, accusations that Emmanuel Macron has stolen the legislative elections from the left wing coalition. Police had estimated, or rather expected, around 2000 people to attend. These protests. But those figures we are being told locally good well and indeed have already swollen, we could see upwards of around 4000 to 8000 people. The protest was originally called at The End of august and just to remind you, protesters are during the election was stolen from them two months ago. A bit of a Surprise Appointment by Emmanuel Macron. The new National Front had Emmanuel Macron. The new nationalfront had 193 Emmanuel Macron. The new National Front had 193 seats, the highest but i agree they hadn� t be given the opportunity to have the pick for Prime Minister and that went instead to michel barnier. We will return to paris as those protests continue. The horrific death of the ugandan athlete, rebecca cheptegei, after being doused in Petrol And Set on fire by a former boyfriend, has triggered widespread condemnation across eastern africa. Tx Gfx there have been condemnation across eastern africa. There have been reports that the two had been involved in an argument over land which rebecca had bought near her Training Base in kenya, from her earnings as an elite runner. Athletics is one of the ways in which women from the region can become relatively wealthy and some women feel that can put them at risk. Here are the thoughts of one resident of nairobi. She is an icon. Young girls were looking up to her. Now they will actually have that fear that, if i am an athlete like her, at The End of the day maybe my boyfriend will kill me. Is it because of the Money Orjustjealousy or is it the exposure of women . Let� s speak to Peter 0gwang the ugandan sports minister, whojoins me from kampala. We have heard a lot about we have heard a lot about expressions of condolence and expressions of condolence and deep regret from both uganda deep regret from both uganda and kenya, the question now for and kenya, the question now for many, particularly those many, particularly those fighting gender based violence, fighting gender based violence, is what is going to be done is what is going to be done about it . About it . About it . Well, first of all i would like about it . Well, first of all i about it . Well, first of all i would like about it . Well, first of all i would like to would like to about it . Well, first of all i would like to begin about it . Well, first of all i about it . Well, first of all i would like to begin about it . Well, first of all i would like to begin by about it . Well, first of all i would like to begin by thanking would like to begin by about it . Well, first of all i would like to begin by thanking the entire world for coming the entire world for coming strongly to the condemned these strongly to the condemned these actions, it is really regrettable, i think for the future it is important that strong actions are taken against the perpetrators so that such occurrences do not Re Occur again. As far as uganda is concerned, i want in a special way, on the half of our government and the Sports Fraternity of uganda, to condemn the actions which the promised a full investigation, number three making sure it doesn� t Re Occur again in these communities. We are making it a joint effort between the east african community, it is important to concentrate on the issue of domestic violence. From the ugandan side i want to confirm we are formally dealing with that and personally i have promised and i am going still to the community around that area don� T Work for the record, the programme for the burial of her daughter is out. That is next saturday to put her to rest. ~ ,. , rest. Minister, in terms of the causes, there rest. Minister, in terms of the causes, there are rest. Minister, in terms of the causes, there are two rest. Minister, in terms of the causes, there are two well causes, there are two well known and documented causes. First, simply gender. Secondly the argument was over land and i think it is well documented there are Land Issues and women� s rights in kenya so is there anyway that legislation can be changed. I know you are the ugandan minister but many of these issues to cross over. You see, why it is difficult for me to talk about matters which are related to another country, in line with the mandate we each hold. I would be much more confident to talk about what i have at home here. But for the community, we all know some of those cases have been coming up in regards to ownership of some assets which couples are spouses, what i have come to live in this investigation is that rebecca had a piece of land which the man wanted to own and couldn� t contribute the dog she needed. I want to say as the republic of uganda we condemn. Minister, thank you very much indeed, Peter 0gwang, this is bbc news. Reaching the Mid 20s, car increasing across southern england, some showers pushing up england, some showers pushing up across the channel. The further north lots of sunshine, western scotland, northern england, up to 26 degrees this afternoon. Not quite as warm in wales, The Rain becomes heavier and more persistent as it pushes northwards during this evening. Spreading into the southern and south eastern areas, some Thundery Downpours into the east midlands, south wales, south west england. Moving northwards, pivoting round, a band of rain towards The End of the night stretching from the East And North North East of england than into south west england, so christmas, Thundery Downpours, dry in scotland and northern ireland, temperatures in the mid teens. Sunday in england and wales unsettled, Heavy Rain across northern and western areas of wales, sunny spells for the midlands into south East England through the afternoon, some thundery, slow moving downpours. Temperatures in the humid side again, low to Mid 20s at best. The great North Run across North East england, looks like it could be quite wet, rain still be petering out later in the day. Area of low pressure pulling out during the course of monday, High Pressure topples and from the west. Thick the cloud, some showers across eastern areas, clearing away, showers pushing into western scotland, otherwise a drier and demanding, good spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher later, mid to high teens across the board. Things turning colour as we move through the new week, tuesday opening the floodgates to an arctic northerly wind, a Lot Cooler by day and colder at night, some showers in northern and western areas but quite a lot of sunshine around, clearer skies at night. This is bbc news. The headlines Sir Keir starmer has been holding talks with the irish Prime Minister Simon Harris In Dublin. Both men have stressed that the meeting is an opportunity to reset the relationship between the uk and the Republic Of Ireland, which has been strained since britain left the eu. Boeing� s Starliner Spacecraft has returned to earth but without the two astronauts it was supposed to bring back from the international Space Station. It developed technical problems shortly after its original launch and nasa decided it would be safer to leave the two astronauts on board the iss